Would you mind sharing your insight on what is the simple answer?
This year has been a very good year for equity investors. I wonder what went wrong with the strategy or market for these trend-followers....
High volatility means prices go zig-zag. Wouldn't trend followers get whipsawed during zig-zags? Why do they do well during high volatility?...
As long as an IBKR futures client have been using IBKR for > 5 years and have little complaints, I would define it as good.
Not much practical use. Direct participation in the markets will probably change the future as you know it, particularly if your funds are huge.
Anyone here has experience using IBKR as futures broker? I use IBKR for stocks. Wonderful. Is IBKR good for futures as well?
The gain-to-pain ratio as mentioned in Jack Schwager's "Hedge Funds market wizards" book would be a good measure of consistency and how serious is...
Some old traders may be "chased away" by other forummers who doubt their sincerity in helping the newbies. There will always be people who get...
This is what attracts me about forex. There will always be a bullish currency at any one time. In contrast, when the U.S stock market crashes,...
May I ask which FX broker do you use for your own forex trading? Your needs are different from mine, but it will be a good start for me to do my...
Is Interactive Brokers a good forex broker?
I have a theory that it is easier to make consistent profits with forex than stocks. This is my reasoning. When the stock market enters into a...
Low productivity.
"liquidate last" is not useful when the portfolio is diversified with >50 securities. A more useful feature would be "liquidate first". In fact,...
Thanks for sharing your experience. I have browsed through several threads on this forum and googled on this topic. There is a common theme among...
Hi Mo06, May I ask why the preference for LSE stocks and not U.S stocks? I am put off by the 0.5% stamp fee which is the largest stock...
You're right but I'm not trying to prove anything. I'm a satisfied customer of IBKR. I should have said the risk of bad auto-liquidation goes up...
From the lawsuits that appeared from googling, IBKR's auto-liquidation algo works poorly on portfolios with options. ALL the lawsuits against IBKR...
In that thread, it was alleged that IB recomputes your positions values 24-7, in near real time, merely based on bid and ask spreads. IB takes the...
I guess this is one of the reasons hedge funds would rather use more expensive prime brokerage services to execute sophisticated strategies rather...
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